Shoe heel



.1. F. MCNAMARA 1,775,953

out. 21, 1 930.

SHOE HEEL Filed July 9, 19128 Y v Ja/m Ifgjuzzm V`l`'IVIO sign, which maybe applied to thesholes Veasily l Y15 ments such as screws, pins, nails or the lille.`

' *TOHNfFLMCNAMAjA oF-emeiicfofnmmors i "3 i LApplicato-nk led July 9, z .':k` l f i* 1;3` ,uw My invention relates to detaehable heels. 116W',v to theheeljholder and has for its main objecty the provision of fp,c oiiipifises'ay horseshoe portion' 1l vtsecuredftol a shoe heelwhch may readily be attached to "thefheelfof thelshoe byfsorews `,12,or nails'and Y Y orrernoved from the shoe. l

- Il'"edeirrlmdlyP1503exitingportioniswilliamsy l :F5` Another objecty is the provisioiiVofa heel' integralWith,the'horseshoeportion11;A This which When'partly wornvm'ay be 'changed portion 'livin-ay'be:of"`any'shapeconsistent.k

' Vfrom vone shoeto the other.' iifitlit'lie resiilts`desired`,"biitf1 preferthe shape Another object s the provision of" a def' `Ashown inthefdrawings?becauset substantially V Athe sainelstrength""isfobtainedl as Yif aflsolid n"ame", p'eeefnwyereVr used and ajgreat saving fin 60 and Without the use of any special tools.' I n 1 y y. l':Atthe"roit'end'of the Another object is the provision of a de "downwardly "tingzorllieel'holding, p0rtachable shoe heel vwhich may be applied to tion' lffalo'n `hiel:,slt'llgisfprovided, andthe shoes Without the usevof any' loosefele- Ythe frontend ofthe-portion 13 ,are formed] in' sorollllas showin I Other objects orfeatures of my inyention rtion is o'r'med of afspringmaterialand the-v Will be apparent from a Consideration of the slot 'lpermitsthe"fronti-endsrtofbeforced taehable heel of simpleand economical de-l detailed description taken with theaccom# o' var dly ass`h oyv'n'in3thedottedportion i i' panying drawings wherein :""25 to show the construction thereof;

,' 30 Thevheel of my` invention is partioularly Ifigxl f adapted `to beV made vof rubber, but it may .be-

' S, .for niens Wear Imay'einploy va heel of this vstoresandappliedtotheishoeby.nailing,bnt A" V ofVL heel partici'ilarly.v adapted for.v Women f'fio Wear is shown in my cop:ending"applieationf,` f Y Serial Number 291,153, filedJulyQ, 1.928. f Y

,f f; .twopartslnamely a metal yportionA which Y y 45, is permanently-*secured tothe shoerand Va rle- K. l"

v,i that the heelB maybe slipped into position Y v x Y, y* .K "50" and out of position on the shoe veryquickly;Y Y'engages in they-groove' andfholds'jtlfref-heel. f

shoe with a rubber heel of Vmy invention Inorld l aixed thereto p osition, I "provide umberf'f -jpoints er-igiolci *retiree'einem1 Y Fig. 2 is abottoin View ofthe sam'eshoe 'iWh-iiharefadptedtoegtend:intothefperiphf'- Y lwith part of the detachable .heelbroken away eryjo the eel whenx -it"isjplaoediiijposition;

Fig. 3 is-a sectional yiewtalren along lines Vthes,}')'ring tofri QjthehOlderunassisted'.-

' tB4-Soi Fig. l, and 1 i f"Vfhilefthesepoints maybe ormedinanyway Fig. Llis a similar View showing a modified find itsiriiple tolstrilre themjfjrem the y f Y -formi mi the hefe-hddews Shown, 7a?

formedvwith good results ofzleatherjor otherl lderjshrownih i'gsltofniayfbefastandsuitable compositions, andwhile'the drawing- A, l tgyfpe oheel"siichfas"tliepresent'riibber` shows a type of shoepartioularly adaptable heelyhiohis pfrcha'sedf iirallof `the,slifoefy ftojfrm j better,gripthan-.iisfobtainedf by design with eitherrv-womens or. Vchildrenfs fo'rl actual-friser,Iprefer 'heelj somewhat j Y v shoes. Y `The design isparticularly'adapted, tliglrer thanthe'present".Standard'rubberheel'pA `.V "d

however, forense onmensj'shoes ,Whleaform Afor hb YlV clap,pbiitfyhiohfis,infall"other,respeetsj The heel s adapted to be applied to a shoe I 10 and the heel itself comprises. essentially movable portion BfpreferablyA of .-rubber. p rThe metaly portion AWhi'ch"Iterm-'aheelf 'holder ismade of metall and is so designed fixe; r if;

flrmlyin position. In all Votherrespects this form is the same as shown in the main igures,`

the bead 13a taking the place of the points 17. While I have described certain details of my'invention to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same the invention is not neces- "sarily restricted to these details,but is defined l within the scope of the appended claims.'

` t portion of the shoe and having a resilient?V downwardly extending member on the outv p side portion of the shoeheelfwith longitu- What Iclaim as new and desire to"protect' by Letters Patent of the United States is:` l 1; A ldetachable heel j constructiongcom#r prising, a heel holder attachedto the heel n I 5 7- In a detachableshoe heel, aV heel holder v including a base secured to thev shoe heel por'- tion and a resilient member projecting downwardly therefromA having longitudinal slits at the front end thereof near the basefformwith respect tothehOlder.

In witness whereof', I- hereunto subscribe ,mynamethis19th davrof June, 1928.

f Y OH'N MONAMARA.

`dinal slitsnear the front thereof permitting Y the front Vprojecting ends of"1the resilient ;mem`ber to be extended slightly away from theshoe, and a removable heel pad insertable into said holder and held against forward." p y `movementlby Vsaid resilient projecting ends.

y y 22., Adetachableheelzfconstruction compris- 'l n ing,a heel holder .attached toV the jheelportion of the s hoeand having aresilient downward- 'ly extending member on the outside. portion 1 of the vshoe heel .with longitudinal slits ,nearV Y the frontthereoi.permitting-the front pro'-V jecting ends ofgthe resilientfmember vto be Y .extended sliglitlyaway rinthe shoe, agre-v a. movableheelpadinsertable into said holder, j

.and meansonfsaid resilientA member andc'ooperating with the'heelfpad for `positively preventing the pad fromslipping downwardber; Y

' A thereof near thebase, forming two outwardly extendable frontend portions, and a heel pad extending between the extendable front end y portions'and engaged and held byfsaidj re-* silient member, and (means on the resilient memberandcooperating with the heelV padi ,Y for positively'preventing downwardr slipping` f `movement of said heel pad.`

" 4. A detachable heel construction compris- Y "ing, a heel-holderincluding a'base'in horse-V shoejformsecured tothe shoeyheel portion tie member across lthe horseshoe ends, j Y Land a resilient-member projectingdownward# r y Y1y from-the helsesh'shared base ridhavile Y `longitudinal slits AattheV frontend's thereof Y 4near ltheibase', forming two outwardly-ex Vtendable front endportions,V a bead yat Vthe lower. inside edge Vof said resilientlfrnember v and extending entirely'arcuridthe` samefand f `aheelpadwithanoutside groove engaging "1 Said bead and held againstffrontward move-f jmentbythe engagementiof said extendable es l Y offert @migrations ...ing two'outw'ardly extendable frontend porlo tion'ls,a bead at'the lower inside edge of said resilient member, and a. heel pad! with a groove adapted to receive 'said'gbeadfor preventing downward displacement of the pad 

